Sterling K. Brown Set to Star as Jr. High Coach in Inspirational True Story RISE

Emmy-winning actor from the hit TV drama This Is Us Sterling K. Brown has taken on the role of “Coach Willie Davis, a junior high janitor-turned coach who made an impact on the lives of those around them in extraordinary ways,” in the new sports drama Rise.

Deadline reports the movie will tell the following true story:

Davis took on the role as head coach for the school’s lackluster basketball team when it was in danger of being cut because of funding concerns. Coach Davis, from the very beginning, teaches his team of junior high kids these priorities in life, who they need to be, and what they need to do in order to be successful on and off the basketball court. Almost immediately, Coach Willie becomes the role model for many of the kids in the school and surrounding community, as they make an amazing run at the state championship.

And to that, I say, just take my money. I love me a good feel-good, underdog sports movie. And Brown is a fantastic actor who will be perfect in this role. The movie will be directed by Kevin Rodey Sullivan (Guess Who, How Stella Got Her Groove Back), and is set to be released on April 10, 2020.

Does this sound like a movie you’ll want to see? What’s your favorite sports movie??